Vikna Wind Farm (Norwegian: Vikna vindmøllepark) was a wind farm located on Husfjellet, just west of the village of Garstad on the island Mellom-Vikna in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The wind farm consisted of five wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 2.2 megawatts (3,000 hp) (calculated as 3 x 0.4 MW + 2 x 0.5 MW), with an average annual production of 5.8 gigawatt-hours (21 TJ). The wind farm began operation in 1991 and was owned by Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk.[1] It was decommissioned in 2015.
| Vikna Wind Farm | |
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| Official name | Vikna vindmøllepark |
| Country | Norway |
| Location | Nærøysund Municipality |
| Coordinates | 64°52′48″N 10°56′47″E / 64.88000°N 10.94639°E |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | 1991 |
| Decommission date |
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| Owner | Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Rated wind speed | 5 to 25 m/s (16 to 82 ft/s) |
| Power generation | |
| Units decommissioned | 5 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2.2 MW |
| Capacity factor | 30.1% |
| Annual net output | 5.8 GW·h |
References
edit- ^ "Vindkraft" (in Norwegian). NTE. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
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